Wild Fig Bonsai Care

Fertilizing a bonsai is essential to its health because the nutrients in the soil leave very quickly with the water.

Wild fig bonsai care. Wild fig brush cherry serissa could be kept indoors with the right care and can make beautiful indoor bonsai. Use an organic liquid fertilizer or a chemical fertilizer diluted to one half strength. Place it somewhere that won t get too cold and out of any drafts that could suck moisture from its leaves. After the designs began to take shape and the primary branches were selected the plants were potted into smaller containers.

When new growth appears in the spring it s time to start feeding your bonsai. When new growth appears in the spring it s time to start feeding your bonsai. First find a good place for your tree. If you have purchased a pre grown ficus change the soil while repotting the tree.

Use an organic liquid fertilizer or a chemical fertilizer diluted to one half strength. Aerial roots this article has good advice on growing them on your bonsai will grow on ficus schifflera and ivy bonsai material. Keep the tree away from heaters or air conditioners. Christine rieck im also from east london and recently started off on this awesome hobby.

After the initial few wild growth years the plants were periodically cut back. Allow at least 30 cm from a window. First increase the amount of light. The ficus bonsai is a tropical fig tree with over 600 species and variations.

Keeping branches that might be useful in the final design while ruthlessly removing branches that did not work. The leaves on ficus trees especially ficus benjamina can be a little on the large side for proper perspective on smaller bonsai styles. Fertilizing a bonsai is essential to its health because the nutrients in the soil leave very quickly with the water. It can be kept outside in summer if temperatures are above 15 degrees c 59f and it needs lots of light full sun is ideal in the house as well as outside if the tree is exposed to the ultraviolet radiation gradually or if it is defoliated before placing the tree outside.

Jan 07 2014 rating. Ginseng ficus bonsai care is simple and minimal making this a perfect choice for anyone who is new to bonsai. The tree should be placed where it receives good natural light but not directly against a window. Ginseng ficus naturally grows in warm moist climates.

This has all the details and advice to do a great job beyond the information of using a humidity tent. I bought a wild fig bonsai in december 2013 and i d like to know where is the best place to keep her as well as how often to water it according to our current climate. The ficus can tolerate most combinations of soil and lighting conditions and thus is an ideal selection for first time bonsai owners. When they are the size of thin wire they break easily so you have to be careful when handling the plant.

There are a couple things one can do to encourage the tree to grow smaller leaves.